Bernard RICHER (ÉRICHE) dit LOUVETEAU

Born

18 December 1804 , Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada

Died

24 January 1872 , Saint-Hermas, Mirabel, Québec, Canada

Bernard married Adelaide PROULX 30 January 1826 in Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Adelaide PROULX was born 20 February 1809 in Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada. Adelaide died 23 July 1832 in Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada. Adelaide was the child of Thomas PROULX and Josephte DORÉ .

Parents & Family of Bernard RICHER (ÉRICHE) dit LOUVETEAU

Parents of Bernard RICHER (ÉRICHE) dit LOUVETEAU

Father

Paul RICHER

Mother

Marie GEMME

Grandparents of Bernard RICHER (ÉRICHE) dit LOUVETEAU

Paternal grandparents

Paul ÉRICHÉ dit LOUVETEAU Cecile BRISEBOIS

Maternal grandparents

Michel GEMME Dorothée BRISEBOIS

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Bernard RICHER (ÉRICHE) dit LOUVETEAU

Bernard RICHER (ÉRICHE) dit LOUVETEAU married

Adelaide PROULX
Marriage date: 30 January 1826
Marriage place: Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada
Adelaide PROULX was the child of Thomas PROULX and Josephte DORÉ

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Bernard RICHER (ÉRICHE) dit LOUVETEAU and Adelaide PROULX

Olive RICHER

Born: 16 December 1826, Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada
Died: 26 September 1902, Gatineau, Québec, Canada

Married: François AUDET dit LAPOINTE 27 January 1852

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

What is a "dit/dite" Name?

When the first settlers came to Québec from France, it was a custom to add a "dit" nickname to the surname. The English translation of "dit" is "said." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Birth — 1804
18 December 1804
Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 Marriage / Partner
Bernard RICHER (ÉRICHE) dit LOUVETEAU and Adelaide PROULX 30 January 1826 , Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Québec, Canada

He was 21 years old.

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 Birth of Child
Olive RICHER was born 16 December 1826, Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Québec, Canada

Bernard was 22 years old.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Death of Spouse/Partner
Adelaide PROULX died 23 July 1832, Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Québec, Canada

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.